Is ROT a Scrabble word?
Yes. ROT is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends.
Meaning To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
Verb 4 meanings
To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
“The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.”
To decline in function or utility.
“Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!”
To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
“to rot vegetable fiber”
Noun 4 meanings
The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
Decaying matter.
Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
Verbal nonsense.
“You're talking rot! I don't believe a word.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English roten, rotten, from Old English rotian (“to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy”), from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”).
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ROT at a glance
ROT has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (R 1 + O 1 + T 1) and 3 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #11,111 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -ROT
More endings- CARROT8
- PARROT8
- TROT4
- TAROT5
- FOXTROT17
- PIERROT9
- GROT5
- FOOTROT10
- TOMMYROT15
- LIROT5
- GUTROT7
- GARROT7
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